I'll try to get pics up in the near future if the WASR I'm working on. I did minwax red mahogany stain as a base coat stain and followed up with a red water based stain before applying the poly topcoat. I think it made the boring Romanian wood look pretty nice and dark redish brown.

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I did some restoration on my AK. Since the wood was pressboard or plywood, I striped it down to the wood and then used a walnut stain and then coated it with Tru-Oil and the grain just popped. It looks sweet if I do say so myself (and I do ).

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